Home plate umpire Dan Iassogna calls San Francisco Giants' Ehire Adrianza out on strikes to end the baseball game,as Arizona Diamondbacks catcher Miguel Montero walks to the mound, Friday, June 20, 2014, in

PHOENIX, AZ - JUNE 20: Manager Bruce Bochy #15 of the San Francisco Giants reacts to a call during the MLB game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field on June 20, 2014 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images) less

PHOENIX, AZ - JUNE 20: Manager Bruce Bochy #15 of the San Francisco Giants reacts to a call during the MLB game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field on June 20, 2014 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by ... more

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Phoenix --

After six straight losses, and nine in their past 10 games, manager Bruce Bochy figured it was time to gather the Giants and remind them of who they were not that long ago, in case they struggled to see it through a fog of failure that has formed.

Bochy held a meeting after Friday night's 4-1 loss to the Diamondbacks. The tone was reportedly positive, something reflected in a comment he made to reporters later.

"I like to look at the 60 games where we played great baseball, as to who we are, not the last 10 games," Bochy said.

The principal difference has been execution. The Giants had that in abundance during their 42-21 start. Now, it's lacking.

In the first of three games at Chase Field, the Giants forced Josh Collmenter to throw 31 pitches in the first inning and 109 in five innings. They clogged the bases with four hits and four walks against him, yet they scored only once, on a Buster Posey single and Pablo Sandoval triple in the first inning.

Meanwhile, Tim Lincecum failed to execute while ahead in the count. Most notably, he lost his 1-0 lead when he hung an 0-2 curveball to Aaron Hill with two outs in the fourth. Hill bounced it through the middle for an RBI single.

Martin Prado then smashed a double off the center-field wall. A Gregor Blanco catch would have been better than ordinary, but he has made those before.

Another big two-out hit that eluded Blanco, Chris Owings' RBI triple in the fifth, gave Arizona a 3-1 lead. Paul Goldschmidt doubled and scored in the sixth.

The Giants went down quietly against the Diamondbacks' bullpen, perhaps too quietly for Bochy, whose postgame address did have a "take the bull by the horns" element.

Lincecum echoed that thought when discussing the Giants' escape route from their slide.

"Things are happening to us, and we're putting ourselves in that position, obviously, but we're not fighting back like we were in the first 60-plus games," Lincecum said.

"I just think we're trying to find a way to keep our heads positive and the mind-set that we had in our first 60-plus games and try to find that again. This is the time, when we're scuffling, that we need to push harder, not in a negative way, not to get down on each other, but to pick each other up."

The clubhouse was closed to reporters just before batting practice, so it's possible the players held their own meeting, too.

Angel Pagan's return would be a nice pick-me-up. Pagan was feeling better two days after an epidural in his lower back, and Bochy expressed hope early Friday afternoon that Pagan could return to the lineup Saturday.

Bochy was less optimistic after the game, saying Pagan felt a twinge in the back from the left side during batting practice and was not available to pinch hit Friday night. His status for Saturday is uncertain.

Brandon Belt took batting practice on the field for the first time since his thumb was fractured and sprayed line drives everywhere. Belt's approximate timetable is a minor-league rehab assignment in a week to 10 days, then a week's worth of games, although he and Bochy said that could be accelerated.

Belt said he needs to strengthen his wrist before he plays in games but believes a July 4 return to the Giants remains a reasonable goal.

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